thought i was going to die

[scott wilson]

not your average post i must admit but i have to share this with my friends here on earlybay and indeed the world.
Friday afternoon going about my business as usual i felt a little unwell. I was picking my brother up from the airport in newquay...anyway i got on the a30 and was doing the usual 80+ when all of a sudden my heart started feeling a little not normal. Both my hands went numb followed by both arms...i tried to ride it out with many deep breaths but after another severe cramp in my chest i pulled over. What happened next will change my life forever. I fell out of my van, could not speak or stand and well some fella called an ambulance. Well i`m thankful it wasn`t a heart attack but at the time i`m sure it was. It turned out to be a stress attack. The paramedics were awesome and i suppose the point of this post is to raise awareness of stress. Its a dangerous thing and if you are feeling worked up switch off log out and just chillax.

 

[flynster]

fook scotty hope alls well now fella......had a similiar thing happen to me through stress also.....scary shit dood.

was told just to relax and chill, most days i now spend almost comatose :lol: :lol: :lol:

ste 8)

 

[pinstriper]

sounds crazy, but if this starts to happen again breathe deeply into a paper bag it stops the hyperventilating and its quick. Saw BA do it too a passenger on a transatlantic flight.

 

[faux]

Glad you are still with us fella.......it just shows how much stress effects us.

Life is too short :shock:

 

[Araon]

Ah yer big girls blouse...... :lol:

i'll get you a beer dude when I'm down there and you can cry on my shoulder :lol:

 

[AxlFoley]

I thought owning campers was supposed to chill us out!

nasty shit that stress, I had cold sweats after my son was born, I think it was shock and stress! I didnt know what the hell was happenig!

time for you to take a holiday dude!

 

[lard]

OMG didn't know stress attacks could do that, and I thought I was pretty stressed out!

hope your taking it easy now and cheers for sharing

 

[RICH-I-AM]

Blimey, scary stuff :shock: .
As above, time for a holiday 8)

 

[noddy]

Time for a holiday dude, or a good massage Hamsterdam is good for that I hear

Seriously dude good to here its not your heart.

 

[NickJ]

Hi Scott, hang in there, I can fully understand how stress can effect you in different ways, been there and got the Tshirt :x

 

[ib-bus]

Hope you are feeling better Scott, that is some scary stuff :shock: I agree with the others go on a Holiday, go to sunny Mexico for a cerveza or two.

 

[Bessie]

Yeah that would've been a scary moment...sounds like you need to drop back a gear or two.
Turn on...Tune in...and Drop out dude.
Steve

 

[wanderlust]

Glad everything is fine, i know its scary shit when it happens. As a paramedic we are seeing an increase in these kinds of stress attacks. Think the current economic climate has a lot to do with some of them especially here in london. If it does happen to people the best thing to do is to try and stay calm and breathe normally. Always dial 999 just incase it is something worse plus its amazing the calming effect we have on people.

 

[cotswoldiver]

Blimey Scott, lessons for us all there. Glad you are OK, sounded like you were really putting the hours in on your new hire buses, need to get that board of yours out and have some Scott and family time

 

[young_dubya]

:shock: glad your ok dude! stop working so freakin hard!!! keep well dude.

Ash.

 

[easy]

Glad your okay dood!! :shock: take it easy chap and its all gravy

 

[froggy]

Time for a break mate, get the van out and go away for the weekend

 

[Araon]

dont really think hes got the option to go away just yet....with his new business just getting off the ground and customers already on the horizon....

hey should be good and all cool shortly though fella..... then sit back and let the cash roll in :lol:

or is that.... sort all the mayhem from customers that cant drive a bus :shock: